Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Knightley
Knightley as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, November 1881
Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Knightley (22 October 1819 – 19 December 1895), known as Sir Rainald Knightley, 3rd Baronet, from 1864 to 1892, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Background
Knightley was the son of Sir Charles Knightley, 2nd Baronet of Fawsley, and his wife Selina Mary, daughter of F. L. Hervey.[1] In 1864 he inherited the baronetcy and the Fawsley estate on the death of his father.
Political career
Knightley entered Parliament for Northamptonshire South in 1852 (succeeding his father), a seat he held until 1892. In 1892 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Knightley, of Fawsley in the County of Northampton.[2]
Personal life
Lord Knightley married Louisa Mary, daughter of General Sir Edward Bowater, in 1869. The marriage was childless. He died in December 1895, aged 76, when the barony became extinct. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his first cousin Valentine Knightley. Lady Knightley died in October 1913.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 thepeerage.com Rainald Knightley, 1st and last Baron Knightley
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26328. p. 5383. 23 September 1892.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Rainald Knightley
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire South 1852 – 1892 With: Richard Henry Howard Vyse 1852–1857 Viscount Althorp 1857–1858 Henry Cartwright 1858–1868 Fairfax William Cartwright 1868–1881 Pickering Phipps 1881–1885 |
Succeeded by David Charles Guthrie |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Knightley 1892 – 1895 |
Extinct |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Baronet (of Fawsley) 1864–1895 |
Succeeded by Valentine Knightley |
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